Regime Stability and the Jewish Communities of Costa Rica and Nicaragua

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This paper contains the findings of research conducted
for a two-credit Senior Individualized Project in the
Department of Political Science. The topic studied is the
relationship between regime stability (defined here as
political, social and economic stability in a political
entity) and the ability of certain minority groups to
survive (taken here as the ability to integrate into the
larger society while maintaining cultural identity) in the
societal majority. More specifically, this project uses
as case studies the Jewish community in Costa Rica
compared with its counterpart in Nicaragua. The majority
of the research was conducted in Costa Rica, taking
advantage of the sources of information available in that
country with regard to the political, social and economic
history and the Jewish community.

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